romeo and juliet vocab all acts

disposition

A person's general or natural mood; tendency

esteem

(v.) to regard highly (n.) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

languish

to become weak or feeble; to lose strength

nuptial

relating to marriage or weddings

pernicious

harmful

rapier

long, slender sword

transgression

A violation of a law, command, or duty

trespass

entry to another's property without right or permission

valiant

brave

augment

to make larger, increase

chaste

pure

grievance

complaint, injustice

warrant

to justify or deserve

purge

to wash away impurities, clean up

solemnity

the state or quality of being serious and dignified

conjure

To bring forth, especially through words

idolatry

excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object

invocation

a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration

perjury

lying under oath

procure

to obtain

wanton

undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless

doff

to remove

prorogued

postponed

fain

gladly

banishment

exile

calamity

disaster

commend

praise

dexterity

skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

vile

extremely unpleasant

cockatrice

a fabled serpent that could kill with its glance

garish

tastelessly showy

consort

to associate with

doublet

jacket

abate

to lessen in violence or intensity

array

an orderly arrangement

beguile

to deceive

bier

structure for coffin

dirge

funeral hymn

prostrate

lying flat

shroud

cloth used to wrap a body for burial

cull

To select and remove weak or inferior members from.

abhor

to hate

apothecary

a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

amorous

full of love

felon

a person guilty of a major crime

inter

between

paramour

an illicit lover

sepulcher

tomb

unsavory

morally offensive

penury

extreme poverty

ambiguities

uncertainties